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Three Score and Ten in Retrospect
Indians. In spite of the Court's decision, the Hopi's were not allowed to exercise equal rights in the joint-use area by the stubborn Navajo Tribe and a reluctant Bureau of Indian Affairs. Steve recalls: When the Hopi frustration level reached the breaking point, Dad suggested the Hopi go back to court and ask for help in implementing the judgment. Unfortunately, Judge Walsh, the trial judge, was of the opinion that the federal district court had no jurisdiction to enforce the decision in Healing v.Jones. Dad urged the trial court to issue a special Writ of Assistance in the case which would compel compliance with the initial decision, but was forced to appeal to the Ninth Circuit to reverse Judge Walsh. Afterwards, Judge Walsh issued many orders regarding livestock reduction and construction of new homes, even to the extent of finding the Navajo tribe and its Chairman Peter MacDonald in contempt for failure to comply. The dogged defiance of the Navajo tribe of the court's orders made bitter litigation the order of the day, with daily acts of violence or trespass being recorded by the Hopi tribe or B.I.A. Navajos cut fences, trespassed openly on Hopi exclusive lands, drove livestock onto Hopi lands, and even shot holes in Hopi water tanks while they fought with police officers trying to enforce the court orders. Militant groups from off the reservation often visited to rabble-rouse the local residents whose plight became the focus of national attention. The joint, peaceful undesirable solution of partition became the only real altemative even though it meant the forceable relocation of many Navajo people. Once again Congress became the forum for the now-famous Navajo-Hopi land controversy. Dad and I spent the better part of six years working with Congress until legislation was passed which authorized the partition of joint lands between the Hopis and the Navajos with provision for judicial review. Some of Dad's greatest moments came in several hearings before the Senate and House of Representatives wherein he used all of his

190
Three Score and Ten in Retrospect
Indians. In spite of the Court's decision, the Hopi's were not allowed to exercise equal rights in the joint-use area by the stubborn Navajo Tribe and a reluctant Bureau of Indian Affairs. Steve recalls: When the Hopi frustration level reached the breaking point, Dad suggested the Hopi go back to court and ask for help in implementing the judgment. Unfortunately, Judge Walsh, the trial judge, was of the opinion that the federal district court had no jurisdiction to enforce the decision in Healing v.Jones. Dad urged the trial court to issue a special Writ of Assistance in the case which would compel compliance with the initial decision, but was forced to appeal to the Ninth Circuit to reverse Judge Walsh. Afterwards, Judge Walsh issued many orders regarding livestock reduction and construction of new homes, even to the extent of finding the Navajo tribe and its Chairman Peter MacDonald in contempt for failure to comply. The dogged defiance of the Navajo tribe of the court's orders made bitter litigation the order of the day, with daily acts of violence or trespass being recorded by the Hopi tribe or B.I.A. Navajos cut fences, trespassed openly on Hopi exclusive lands, drove livestock onto Hopi lands, and even shot holes in Hopi water tanks while they fought with police officers trying to enforce the court orders. Militant groups from off the reservation often visited to rabble-rouse the local residents whose plight became the focus of national attention. The joint, peaceful undesirable solution of partition became the only real altemative even though it meant the forceable relocation of many Navajo people. Once again Congress became the forum for the now-famous Navajo-Hopi land controversy. Dad and I spent the better part of six years working with Congress until legislation was passed which authorized the partition of joint lands between the Hopis and the Navajos with provision for judicial review. Some of Dad's greatest moments came in several hearings before the Senate and House of Representatives wherein he used all of his